That's Dancing!

Duration: 105 min
Release date: 1985-01-18
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A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.

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That's Dancing!

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That's Dancing! That's Dancing!

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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov
as Self - Host
Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger
as Self - Host
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self - Host
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
as Self - Host
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
as Self - Host
Tommy Abbott
Tommy Abbott
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Banas
Robert Banas
as 'West Side Story ' dancer
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals
as
David Bean
David Bean
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Francesca Bellini
Francesca Bellini
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Busby Berkeley
Busby Berkeley
as Self (archive footage)
Erik Bruhn
Erik Bruhn
as From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
James Cagney
James Cagney
as From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse
as
Carole D'Andrea
Carole D'Andrea
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Dan Dailey
Dan Dailey
as
George Chakiris
George Chakiris
as Bernardo
Arlene Dahl
Arlene Dahl
as From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
Leroy Daniels
Leroy Daniels
as From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)
Gloria DeHaven
Gloria DeHaven
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan
as
Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Taina Elg
Taina Elg
as From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
Harvey Evans
Harvey Evans
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Eliot Feld
Eliot Feld
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
as
Loïe Fuller
Loïe Fuller
as
Judy Garland
Judy Garland
as
Betty Garrett
Betty Garrett
as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Barbara Hancock
Barbara Hancock
as From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)
Carol Haney
Carol Haney
as
Robert Helpmann
Robert Helpmann
as From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
as From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
as
Marine Jahan
Marine Jahan
as From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)
Zizi Jeanmaire
Zizi Jeanmaire
as From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye
as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
Howard Keel
Howard Keel
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler
as From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Paula Kelly
Paula Kelly
as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Michael Kidd
Michael Kidd
as From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)
Frances Langford
Frances Langford
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Charles Laskey
Charles Laskey
as From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
as
Bert Michaels
Bert Michaels
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Ann Miller
Ann Miller
as
Una Merkel
Una Merkel
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Patsy Ruth Miller
Patsy Ruth Miller
as From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
Tony Mordente
Tony Mordente
as 'West Side Story' dancer
George Murphy
George Murphy
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Fayard Nicholas
Fayard Nicholas
as From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Harold Nicholas
Harold Nicholas
as From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Nureyev
as
Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
as
Susan Oakes
Susan Oakes
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova
as
Lauren Peterson
Lauren Peterson
as Ballet student with Gene Kelly
Dick Powell
Dick Powell
as
Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell
as
Jane Powell
Jane Powell
as
Harve Presnell
Harve Presnell
as From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
Juliet Prowse
Juliet Prowse
as From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)
Ron Randell
Ron Randell
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera
as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
as
Alex Romero
Alex Romero
as From 'On the Town' (archive footage)
Reiko Sato
Reiko Sato
as From 'Kismet' (archive footage)
Wini Shaw
Wini Shaw
as From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)
Moira Shearer
Moira Shearer
as From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers
as From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
Sid Silvers
Sid Silvers
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Red Skelton
Red Skelton
as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Tucker Smith
Tucker Smith
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot
as Self
Russ Tamblyn
Russ Tamblyn
as
Lilyan Tashman
Lilyan Tashman
as From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
Scooter Teague
Scooter Teague
as
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple
as
Tamara Toumanova
Tamara Toumanova
as From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
Gina Trikonis
Gina Trikonis
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Bobby Van
Bobby Van
as From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen
as
Gwen Verdon
Gwen Verdon
as Lola (archive footage)
Esther Williams
Esther Williams
as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
David Winters
David Winters
as 'West Side Story' dancer
Yuriko
Yuriko
as From 'The King and I' (archive footage)
Vera Zorina
Vera Zorina
as From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds
as
Bill Robinson
Bill Robinson
as
John Travolta
John Travolta
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart
James Stewart
as Self (archive footage)
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals
as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant
Cary Grant
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland
Judy Garland
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Clark Gable
as Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh
as Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
as Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Haley
Jack Haley
as Self (archive footage)
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